As UK PM David Cameron continues preparations for a national referendum on whether the country should stay a member of the European Union or try to go it alone we should never forget that in such cases there is always a political fall out to consider.

The UK is a rich country but is currently governed by an austerity mad Tory party intent on limiting benefits and entitlements and making the poorest and most vulnerable people of the UK pay for the economic global crisis of 2008.

The government is working to fulfil its election manifesto, payback the party faithful and to its own agenda. Currently that means military action in parts of the Middle East.

The unmanned drone used to take out two British citizens, possibly on a MI6 'hit list', was costly as well as arguably illegal; parliament had not approved the action in Syria.

The USA may work from a 'hit-list' but Mr Cameron the UK is not the USA.

And British people can be and often are philanthropic and generous but we are not a one-size fits all.

Fear of an influx of refugees flooding the country is evident. The fact that most people seeking refuge are Muslims and non-white is stoking concerns. Criminal elements wanting the 'slate' wiped clean could be part of the migrant mix and even Ebola victims.

Those fears may have a little truth or be entirely fictitious but UK PM David Cameron and other European leaders must not be naive.

The so-called EU refugee crisis is a global crisis; it is being spurred on by countries outside of the EU such as the USA and Saudi Arabia and as such needs a global resolution.

Germany's Angela Merkel and her side-kick Francois Hollande of France are working to provide refuge for thousands of refugees that have taken perilous journeys to leave their home country. Will that encourage more to follow suit? Will it encourage the people smugglers who are making big money out of people-pain?

Will the UK, Ireland and Denmark take part-the UK is already taking from camps

Cameron has said the UK will take Syrian refugees from camps bordering Syria. That should at least temporarily ease the crisis in countries housing the camps.

Labour has said Cameron is not doing enough in promising that the UK will take 20,000 Syrian refugees in Britain by 2020, saying 4,000 a year is "not enough".

In the final analysis though talking the talk is one thing.

As the Guardian reports Wednesday "there has been controversy after some French town-halls said they would take only Christian refugees. This week, the mayor of Roanne, who belongs to Nicolas Sarkozy’s right-wing party Les Républicains, said he would only accept Christian Syrians so he could “be absolutely certain that they aren’t terrorists in disguise.” Then the mayor of Belfort, from the same party, responded to the government’s appeal for towns to house refugees saying his town would take only Christian Iraqi or Christian Syrian families “because they are the most persecuted".”

Earlier this week German Chancellor Angela Merkel spouted hot-air saying her country could take 800,000 refugees but that figure has been wavering since.

Peace in Europe is a fragile commodity and the far-right is rising again.

Will tens of thousands of refugees help the long-term peace of Europe?

Who could fail to be moved by images of dead Aylan Kurdi, 3, who drowned as his family tried to get to northern Europe? How many unseen bodies have there been?

We all need action but not of the knee-jerk kind. Juncker's proposals Wednesday:What is the relocation scheme breakdown per Member State?

Check put Juncker's proposals for 120,000 refugees but bear in mind that figure is a drop in the ocean;

An emergency relocation proposal for 120,000 persons in clear need of protection from Greece, Hungary and Italy;

What will happen to the emergency relocation proposal of 40,000 proposed in May?The proposal for the benefit of Italy and Greece, endorsed by the Justice and Home Affairs Council in July, remains on the table. The 120,000 figure proposed today comes on top of the 40,000 asylum seekers which Member States already agreed in principle to relocate over the next two years.

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